About a month ago I finished writing the book, THE BOOK I have been working on for the last 5 years. It’s crazy to work on something so long and when you finally feel like you are done, you want it to be just that… finito. Well it is sort of. As much as I…
I know I have not post much in a long time. There is a reason: I got overwhelmed. My trip to NYC to gather all my father’s things out of storage was beyond exhausting. When I was doing it, the power of the whole experience and its significance to my life, combined with the adrenaline…
My cane resting in front of me. We arrive in NYC late last night. After a 7:30pm flight we got to the JFK airport early but then had to sit on the tarmac for about 45 minutes. I had asked for a wheelchair assistance which was the best idea but was weird at first. Sitting…
In anticipation of my upcoming trip to New York which I leave for tonight with my daughter, I have set up Life in Captivity on various channels. I have created my first introductory video on YouTube, which I have embedded below. In addition, you can follow on Facebook and Instagram.
Seven days and a few hours from now I will be flying to NYC with my daughter for a rite of passage in the true meaning of the word. It will be a complex and adventurous trip that I will be updating about on here as I can. It always comes down to fathers… My…
I’m writing the part of my book where I am around the same age as my own daughter. It has been eye opening to return my mind to back then while watching how she navigates the world. My father kept me out of school from the middle of sixth grade until tenth. I went from…
i wish to detox
the source of my thoughts
ones that diminish my worth
or question my very place on this earth
It’s New Year’s Day. This post is not a reflection on the past year nor a list of what I intend for the coming year. No, it is just a post of what’s on my mind and today seems a good enough time to write it. Two months ago, I was driving along a busy…
As a child, many of us were taught to beware of strangers. We learned the mantra of “stranger danger” which meant that strangers represented a risk. But what if the stranger is actually a part of yourself? What if what you’re afraid of is a part of you that experienced something traumatic, something so difficult…
Recently I have had a lot of reasons to think about pain. I chose the title of this post carefully. The word “through” is critical. It is not a journey ”of” pain, or a journey ”in” pain, but rather through it. There is an end, you will come out on the other side, eventually. The…